I recently found a video about DogTown’s Dog Care Manager, Michelle Besmehn, and her work with Vivian, a dog rescued during Hurricane Katrina. The people directly touched by Katrina will never forget the tragedies they’ve suffered. The rest of us (dry, cozy and relatively unaffected) need occasional reminders that there are lives that will never be the same in the aftermath of that destruction. And while I would never place a canine life ahead of a human life in order of importance, every reader knows how I feel about the dogs that enrich our lives.
Finding this touching video helped me discover other updated rescue and success stories about Hurricane Katrina dogs.
Thanks to Furever Friends, the Humane Society of the U.S., and the Louisiana SPCA, the Coffee family was reunited with Tippy, their dog they had to leave behind during their relocation ordeal after the hurricane.
Three years after his owners fled the destruction of Katrina, Bourbon is the tail-wagging success story of the Washington D.C. Animal Rescue League. Ron and Jessica Simon are his new owners and he looks quite happy!
I love stories of families reunited with pets in any circumstance. Learning about rescue efforts after natural disasters is particularly heart-warming to me. For some individuals or families, their pet is all they have, and that pet truly means the world to them. So my personal thanks goes out to all the rescue efforts of those many wonderful organizations.
---Jennifer Fischer
Thanks again, Jennifer!
Don't go anywhere. It's time for DOGS IN THE NEWS, canines that made the headlines this past week.
Just like human news, the stories aren't always good. Sad news out of Beaver Dam.
Lesson for lost dogs: Find a travel agency.
How about the guy who dove in to save a dog from a shark attack!
Jennifer wrote about Katrina rescue dogs today. In Texas, cadaver dogs to the rescue.
And in case you missed it in last Sunday's USA WEEKEND, military dogs are often heroes, too.
That's it for this week. Remember, Halloween is just around the corner. Still looking for a doggie costume? In Florida, Wiggles Dog Wigs is offering this get-up that I'm sure you'll recognize, you betcha!
